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30 Cards in this Set
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Columbian Exchange |
Between Europe, the new world and africa. europe takes materials, sells product. africa provides labor (slaves). new world has materials. |
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ponce de león |
explored florida |
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balboa |
panama |
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magellan |
sailed around the world |
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cabot |
crossed atlantic |
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frobisher |
looking for NW passage |
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davis |
looking for NW passage |
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hudson |
sailed hudson river |
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drake |
makes money for england |
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why do the english want to colonize? |
1) They hate the spanish, who are already there 2) Ports for trading 3) New markets 4) Place to send English people |
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Roanoke Island |
first attempt to colonize, failed |
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Jamestown |
1607- Virginia Company sent 100 colonists to Virginia, nearly failed |
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why did jamestown almost fail? |
1) conflict with native americans 2) not accustomed to hard work 3) poor location near swamp |
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House of Burgesses |
1619- first example of self government in the colonies- allowed by the king (charter) as long as the Virginia Company was able to keep control |
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what saved virginia? |
tobacco |
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Bacon's Rebellion |
settlers had too little a voice in gov't. poor colonists wouldn't tolerate a gov't that only served the wealthy. |
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Puritans |
Want purer church of England |
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Pilgrims |
Want a new church based on pure faith |
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Massachusetts Bay Colony |
1000s of Puritans move to Massachusetts, convert Native Americans |
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Mercantilism |
country should try to get and keep as much gold and silver as possible, should have more exports than imports. |
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Navigation Act |
colonies not allowed to trade with anyone else |
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salutary neglect |
allowing colonies to govern themselves |
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southern colonies staple crops |
tobacco, rice, then slaves |
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middle colonies |
farming/commerce, rich soil |
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New England colonies |
"carrying trade", shipping |
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Middle Passage |
one leg of triangular trade with americas, europe and africa. forced transport of slaves from africa to america |
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Albany Plan of Union |
1754- Get Iroquois on the British side and unify the war effort (creating a "congress") * Ben Franklin led the delegates
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Townshend Acts |
Taxes lead, paper, paint, tea and glass. |
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Intolerable Acts |
Boston Harbor is now closed, add prison to the Quartering Acts if you refuse to house British soldiers. British extend border of Canada to the Ohio River, severely limited self government in Massachusetts |
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First Continental Congress |
Group of people meeting to talk about colonist's response Intolerable Acts. |
